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burnt one's toast

burnt one's toast is the simple past and past participle of burn one's toast.

Meaning of burn one's toast

Verb

burn one's toast (third-person singular simple present burns one's toast, present participle burning one's toast, simple past and past participle burned one's toast or burnt one's toast)

  1. To cause inconvenience; to spoil someone's fun or enjoyment of something.
    • He talks as if I have no right to be upset, as if all he has done is inconvenience me. "Oops, I didn't mean to burn your toast, sorry." That's his tone. He acts as if it's his right to do whatever he wants to me.2015, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland

Questions about burnt one's toast

What is burnt one's toast the simple past and past participle of?
Burnt one's toast is the simple past and past participle of burn one's toast.

Words near burnt one's toast in the dictionary

  1. burnt offerings
  2. burnt one down
  3. burnt one's boats
  4. burnt one's bridges
  5. burnt one's fingers
  6. burnt one's toast
  7. burnt orange
  8. burnt oranges
  9. burnt out
  10. burnt pavement
  11. Burnt Pine

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